Germany's most prosperous mid-size city is replacing a failing bridge, finishing a years-late train and staring down a housing gap that just keeps widening. The math works fine for everyone who already owns something.
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From census categories to apprenticeship gates, the industry didn’t just skew male but was structured to make women invisible.
